pacific northwest invasive plant council pnw-ipc
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Pacific Northwest Invasive Plant Council
PNW-IPC
Mission statement - promote more effective ways to manage and control the impacts of and to protect Pacific Northwest’s ecosystems from invasive, non-indigenous plants by developing a broad-based organization of citizens, land managers, regulators, political decision makers, industry and non-profit organizations to providing an open forum to share information and to promote solutions to invasive plant threats.
The PNW IPC includes the states of: Oregon, Washington, and Alaska, and the province of British Columbia and the Yukon territory
WA
OR
BC
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PNW IPC’s First Conference
Meeting the Challenge:Invasive Plants in PacificNorthwest EcosystemsSeptember, 2006
Over 200 participants:
- Natural resource professionals from public agencies and private industry-Academics/educators/extension professionals-Interested public-Urban parks/urban foresters- Watershed councils
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PNW IPC’s Web pagehttp://www.pnw-ipc.org
· Noxious weed list for entire PNW region
· References for control and research on invasives
· Contact information for the general public
· Calendar of events· Horticultural Invasives
Prevention (HIP groups)· EDRR information· Other resources –
- Nurseries participating in Codes of Conduct
- Links to other organizations, publications, presentations…
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Diverse group of Board of Directors
AcademicsDeborah Clark – OSUSarah Reichard – U of WTim Miller – WSU Ext
Federal/Provincial agenciesRegina Rochefort – NPS, Mt RanierSimon Shamoun – Canadian Forest ServiceMargaret Smither-Kopperl – APHIS USDALou Whiteaker – NPS, Mt RanierLinda Wilson – BC Ag and Lands
State/county agenciesAlison Halpern – WA state weed boardSasha Shaw – King CountyPriya Shahani – WA state DNRJane Wentworth – Kitsap CountyJennifer Zarnoch – WA state DNR
Non-profit groupsLiz Galli-Noble – CIPMPeter Dunwiddie – TNC-WAMandy Tu – TNC – ORVern Holm – NW Weed ManagementGail Wallin – IPC of BCConnie Bollinger - CIPM
Industry groupsVanelle Carrithers – Dow AgrosciencesSteve Manning – Invasive Plant Control, Inc.
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Partner Organizations
Oregon Invasive Species CouncilWashington Invasive Species Council
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